Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.
BERTRAND RUSSELLOf all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.
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Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.
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Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.
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How much longer is the world willing to endure this spectacle of wanton cruelty?
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Even if all the experts agree, they may well be mistaken.
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The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.
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No one ever gossips about the virtues of others.
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One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision.
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Few people can be happy unless they hate some other person, nation, or creed.
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Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.
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To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already 3 parts dead.
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The good life is inspired by love and guided by knowledge.
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One of the most powerful of all our passions is the desire to be admired and respected.
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Do not feel envious of the happiness of those who live in a fool’s paradise, for only a fool will think that it is happiness.
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Sometimes the hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn.
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This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live it again if the chance were offered to me.
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